World War 2 Tarawa
by Ronald Ledwell, Sr
Price: $3.99 USD. 540 words.
Language: English. Published on June 7, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Military.
Tarawa: The Island of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands was defended by 2,600 well trained Japanese troops. Its Commander, Rear Admiral Shibasaki, boasted that a million Marines could not take Tarawa even if they had a hundred years to do it.